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"Come, boys," squeaked Captain Clark, a short, thickset fellow who looked much older than the others and who spoke in a peculiar cracked voice. "Come, let's begin by bracing them up." "Bracing" was a process adopted for the purpose of making the patient assume the position of a soldier, only very much exaggerated a position which after a few minutes becomes almost intolerable.
What should I want with a little wooden hut? said I. 'What do you ask for it? "'Fifty roubles, she squeaked. 'My son has written to me from Poltava. He says, "Sell the hut and come and live with me," so I'm just looking for a buyer. "'What did you say? I asked. 'Fifty roubles? "'Fifty roubles, barinya. Is it too much? "I was astonished. A house and land for fifty roubles.
A blue jay, chattering in a pine-tree near at hand, made no impression upon his sleep-deadened ear; a pair of ground squirrels scuttled in and out among the scrub-oaks, peering shyly at the motionless intruder, and squeaked faintly to one another, with vivacious action of nose and tail.
He stood in an indolent attitude, with his hands in his pockets; but all the reckless passion of the desperado was concentrated in the level glance of those menacing eyes. "Meet your partner with a double sashay," cried the curly-headed boy. Diddle-diddle-dee squeaked the fiddles. Lem looked again at his brother. He was flirting outrageously.
Cone, panic-stricken, extended, and made way for a widow from Baltimore, who informed him that her faucet dripped and her rocking-chair squeaked, and since no attention had been paid to her complaints she was making other arrangements. It was useless for Mr.
"Exactly," squeaked the cashier. "And rather than let your project be delayed, I'm going to offer you the old Dillihay place at exactly the same price, Peter eight hundred." "The Dillihay place?" "Yes; that's west of town; it's bigger by twenty acres than old man Tomwit's place." Peter considered the proposition. "I'll have to carry this before the Sons and Daughters of Benevolence, Mr. Hooker."
And then, too, when General Burnside saluted the colors, and requested Pigey to ride along, how he started off with his Staff, leaving us all at a 'Present Arms; and how the quick eye of Old Joe saw the blunder; and how he called the General's attention to it, without effect, until 'Burney' sharply yelled out, 'General, you had better bring your men to a shoulder, sir; and then, how the General, amid increased tittering and laughter, rode back, and with a face like scarlet squeaked out 'Division!
"How many, how many are we to deduct from the male population of Italy? Cross in hand, he should be at the head of our arms, not whimpering in a corner for white bread. Wretch! he makes the marrow in my bones rage at him. He chronicled pig that squeaked." "Why had she been so gentle with him?"
The brakes squeaked, the wheels slid; and she could hear the scrape of the iron-shod hoofs of the horses as they held back stiff legged, obedient to the wary call of the driver. The first hundred yards of that steep road cut out of the cliff appeared to be the worst. It began to widen, with descents less precipitous. Tips of trees rose level with her gaze, obstructing sight of the blue depths.
As usual, after dark they poured out of their castles in the air to enjoy their nightly frolic. And they were having what they called "high jinks" when the word went around to hide. For somebody squeaked in a frightened voice: "Fatty Coon is crawling through the pasture fence!" A Moonlight Raid THE Meadow Mouse party, in the cornfield, vanished as if by magic.
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